The Korea Herald

Boy handcuffed after argument over spilt milk

Apr 18, 2011

A 12-year-old boy was reportedly handcuffed and detained by a U.S. school resource officer after an argument over milk he spilt. The sixth-grader at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Indiana was to...
SNS saves lives

Apr 18, 2011

A man planning to commit suicide decided not to die thanks to Twitter. On April 16, a man wrote that he was leaving a will on Twitter because he didn’t have paper. The message was directed to his pa...
College graduates outside labor force near 3 mln

Apr 18, 2011

The number of South Korean college graduates outside the labor force was close to 3 million in the first quarter due to the country's sluggish job market, a government report showed Monday. Accordin...
Lee calls for removing prejudices about disabled

Apr 18, 2011

President Lee Myung-bak on Monday called for tearing down prejudices about the disabled, saying that their physical challenges never mean they cannot be as competitive as the non-disabled. "I believ...
Seoul, Washington agree to start joint study on nuclear fuel reprocessing

Apr 17, 2011

South Korea and the U.S. have agreed to carry out a joint study on safe ways to store spent nuclear fuel, including exploring the feasibility of pyroprocessing technology, the government said Sunday....
Rhee’s son to apologize to April 19 victims

Apr 17, 2011

The family members of the deceased former President Syngman Rhee are to make their first official apology to students killed in the April 19 revolution in 1960. Rhee In-soo, the foster son of the la...
Rights watchdog starts inspection of KAIST tuition system

Apr 17, 2011

The state human rights watchdog said Sunday that it has started an investigation into the punitive tuition system at Korea Institute of Science and Technology following recent student suicides at the...
Lawmaker claims reactor rules ignored

Apr 17, 2011

The government resorted to expedience and bypassed set inspection rules to extend the operational life of South Korea’s oldest nuclear reactor, an opposition lawmaker claimed Saturday. Rep. Kim Youn...
Seoul offers free medical checkup for expatriates

Apr 17, 2011

Seoul City on Sunday launched a mobile clinic to offer free medical checkups for foreign residents here, officials said. The traveling clinic provides medical inspections including for blood sugar, ...
S. Korea finds trace levels of radioactive particles in air

Apr 16, 2011

Traces of radioactive materials have been discovered across South Korea due to the inflow of contaminants from Japan's stricken nuclear power station, a state nuclear safety body said Saturday. The ...
10 S. Korean tourists injured in Vietnam in car accident

Apr 15, 2011

(Yonhap) -- A tourist bus overturned in Vietnam Friday, leaving 10 South Korean tourists injured, Seoul's foreign ministry said. The accident took place in Uongbi, Quang Ninh Province, in the northe...
Board won’t discuss chief’s fate

Apr 15, 2011

Board directors of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology on Friday chose not to discuss sacking president Suh Nam-pyo despite the controversy over his policies triggered by the recen...
KAIST faculty asked to raise grades

Apr 15, 2011

Professor dismisses reports of out of control competition at top science college A professor at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has dismissed claims that competition at the colleg...
Door-to-door health service ready for N.K. defectors

Apr 15, 2011

People who have fled North Korea will be able to receive door-to-door healthcare service in the South from fellow North Korean defectors from this month. They will also be able to receive tailored m...
Ministries at odds over IT for CSAT

Apr 15, 2011

The ministries of education and knowledge economy are at odds over the latter’s unilateral decision to make information technology one of the subjects for the College Scholastic Ability Test, a state...